Tuesday, August 10, 2010

George Strait and Reba McEntire on October 21

George Strait on the left and Reba McEntire on the right On October 21st, country music legends George Strait and Reba McEntire will perform at the Target Center. Strait has been nicknamed "The King of Country" - and rightly so. George Strait has the most #1 hits in the history of music in any genre with 57! He has sold over 68.5 million albums including 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. George Strait is third to only Elvis Presley and The Beatles with the most gold and platinum albums in the history of music. He has had a top 10 hit song for every year the last 30 years!

Reba McEntire is one of the most successful female country artists of all time. She has sold over 56 million albums worldwide and is dubbed "The Queen of Country." She is the 7th best-selling female artist of all time and 2nd best-selling female country artist of all time. Reba McEntire has won the Top Female Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music Awards a record 7 times! In addition, she has won the favorite country music female artist 12 times from the American Music Awards!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow - george strait is a "strait" up legend - pun intended

Allison said...

reba and george! what a combination of country music talent...